http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:49:31 -0700 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:35:37 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Veterans-Day-events-in-the-DC-area?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner Wreath-laying ceremonies: Arlington National Cemetery--Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, 11 a.m. The Air Force Band will perform at 10:30 a.m. World War II Memorial--Wreath laying ceremony at 8 a.m. Vie... Veterans Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:35:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Veterans-Day-events-in-the-DC-area?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Companies-offer-discounts-and-freebies-to-thank-our-Veterans?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner Applebees: Free entree (5 to choose from) at participating stores during business hours on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 with active/reserve/retired ID card. http://www.applebees.com/vetsDay/default.aspx Golden Corral: The 2009 Military Appr... Freebies Veterans Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:13:34 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Companies-offer-discounts-and-freebies-to-thank-our-Veterans?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Carecom-runs-caregiver-contest-for-National-Family-Caregiver-Month?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner November is National Family Caregiver Month.  Care.com wants to help you honor the caregivers in your life. Beginning today, you can nominate any caregiver you believe deserves to be called a Care Hero.  Here's how it works: ... Family Fun Freebies Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:32:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Carecom-runs-caregiver-contest-for-National-Family-Caregiver-Month?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m11d19-USPS-sets-deadlines-for-overseas-and-deployed-holiday-mail?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner The next best thing to being home for Christmas is receiving a package from home for Christmas.  You might not be ready to begin your holiday shopping, but for our deployed and overseas troops, the sooner you get started, the better.  Th... Military Life Deployment Veterans Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:10:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m10d28-USPS-sets-deadlines-for-overseas-and-deployed-holiday-mail?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m10d26-Military-Spouse-Finance-Guide-Financial-Advice-for-the-Homefront?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner According to a Reuters press release, Pioneer Services', the military banking division of MidCountry Bank has won an award for its publication entitled, Military Spouse Finance Guide: Financial Advice for the Homefront. The publication ... Military Life Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:23:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m10d16-Military-Spouse-Finance-Guide-Financial-Advice-for-the-Homefront?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m10d23-Lawmakers-form-sixty-member-caucus-for-military-families?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner What can you expect from the newly formed Military Family Caucus?  Employment for spouses and aid for families with special-needs children will be the first issues addressed by the caucus, which officially commences on Nov. 4. Addressing ... Military Life Raising Children Just for Women Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:39:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Lawmakers-form-sixty-member-caucus-for-military-families?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m9d17-Grace-after-Fire-offers-anonymous-support-for-women-veterans?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner www.graceafterfire.org Grace after Fire is an online community developed by women for women and seeks to serve the unique and growing population of women veterans.  From the website: We can help one another cope with the challenges of readju... Deployment Just for Women Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:38:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m10d16-Grace-after-Fire-offers-anonymous-support-for-women-veterans?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m10d12-The-Price-is-Right-for-Barkers-donation-to-Intrepid-Fallen-Heroes-Fund?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner National Intrepid Center of Excellence rendering Bob Barker retired in 2007 after a 35 year run with television show "The Price is Right."  His television career spanned 50 years. Now Barker can add Hero to his long repertoire o... Starting Over Deployment Veterans Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:35:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m10d12-The-Price-is-Right-for-Barkers-donation-to-Intrepid-Fallen-Heroes-Fund?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m10d9-House-votes-unanimously-to-extend-firsttime-homeowner-tax-credit-for-deployed-military?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner   Yesterday the House passed The Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act of 2009 by a vote of 416-0. According to an Oct. 8 press release by the House Committee on Ways and Means, “This bill makes sure that the brave men and wome... Moving Deployment Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:19:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m10d9-House-votes-unanimously-to-extend-firsttime-homeowner-tax-credit-for-deployed-military?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m10d6-NMFA-10-things-military-teens-want-you-to-know?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner The National Military Family Association has developed a free Talk Kit for parents of military tweens and teens. Visit www.timetotalk.org/military to request your free kit.  The kit, designed using responses from teens over fouryears o... Raising Children Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:24:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m10d6-NMFA-10-things-military-teens-want-you-to-know?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m6d19-Military-families-encouraged-to-report-consumer-scans?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner From the Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs. Scams targeting military families are on the rise.  The Federal Trade Commission's Consumer Sentinel/Military has a centralized, online site for reporting complaints.  By filing ... Military Life Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:35:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m6d19-Military-families-encouraged-to-report-consumer-scans?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m6d13-Family-Grief-and-Bereavement-Examiner-honors-fallen-soldiers?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner Peter Lui Photography Carol Ranney is an Examiner in Portland, Oregon.  She also runs the website brokenheartslivinghope.com, and is herself no stranger to grief and mourning. With the donations given in memory of subscriber's children, Carol se... Military Life Deployment Veterans Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:31:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m6d13-Family-Grief-and-Bereavement-Examiner-honors-fallen-soldiers?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m6d13-Manners-101-DC-Kids-Restaurant-Week?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner kidsrestaurantweek.com Cookie and Gourmet might bill June 13-21 as an opportunity to introduce your children to fine dining.   They will entice you with:The wonderful, reasonably priced menus of the 17 participating restaurants.The chance ... In the District Family Fun Food for Healthy Families Raising Children Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:33:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m11d12-Manners-101-DC-Kids-Restaurant-Week?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m6d13-Family-Life-supports-military-marriages-with-free-Weekend-to-Remember?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner Family Life is a Christian organization devoted to "helping couples build healthier marriages and families."  Family Life is dedicated to providing couples, "Help for today.  Hope for tomorrow." What military marriage c... Marriage Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:39:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m6d13-Family-Life-supports-military-marriages-with-free-Weekend-to-Remember?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m8d13-Summer-on-the-cheap-Free-weekends-at-National-Parks?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner More than 100 of America's National Parks will host three fee-free weekends this summer.  Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced  that the National Park Service will offer the fee-free weekends this summer with hopes of encouragin... Family Fun Freebies Raising Children Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:11:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m6d5-Summer-on-the-cheap-Free-weekends-at-National-Parks?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m6d2-Soldiers-son-raps-about-dads-deployment-hopes-to-help-other-kids?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner   Watch the YouTube video of 13-year old Xavier Johnson rapping about his dad's deployment.  Johnson wrote the song, originally a poem, to help cope with his feelings about his father being in danger in the mountains of Afghanistan.  ... Deployment Raising Children Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:23:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m6d2-Soldiers-son-raps-about-dads-deployment-hopes-to-help-other-kids?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m5d10-Make-plans-Vintage-Virginia-Wine-Festival-May-3031?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner The Vintage Virginia Wine Festival is one of four wine-tasting events sponsored annually by the Virginia Wineries Accociation. The child-friendly festival takes place May 30-31 at Bull Run Regional Park Special Events Center in Centerville and will ... Family Fun Trying New Things Fri, 29 May 2009 11:09:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m5d29-Make-plans-Vintage-Virginia-Wine-Festival-May-3031?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m5d28-Real-Warriors-programs-aims-to-destigmatize-soldiers-need-for-mental-health-care?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner With multimedia tools and a dot-net web address, the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) has hopes of reaching many of the 1.9 million servicemen and women who have served tours in Iraq and Afghan... Military Life Deployment Veterans Thu, 28 May 2009 12:09:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Real-Warriors-programs-aims-to-destigmatize-soldiers-need-for-mental-health-care?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m5d22-Update-Military-Spouses-Residency-Relief-Act?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner Yesterday's mark-up session regarding S.B. 475  was another success for the many, many military spouses who are lobbying to be given the right to have a home state, regardless of where their military spouse's career takes them.  The Milita... Military Life Moving Fri, 22 May 2009 11:30:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m5d22-Update-Military-Spouses-Residency-Relief-Act?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m5d21-Good-news-if-youre-headed-to-Bama-Gov-Riley-signs-Interstate-Compact-on-Educational-Opportunities?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner Twenty states have now addressed the unique educational concerns of military children, many of whom will attend up to 9 schools during their K-12 careers.  Happily, families PSCing to the following states will be protected under the Interstate ... Military Life Moving Starting Over Raising Children Thu, 21 May 2009 11:05:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1117-DC-Military-Families-Examiner~y2009m5d21-Good-news-if-youre-headed-to-Bama-Gov-Riley-signs-Interstate-Compact-on-Educational-Opportunities?cid=exrss-DC-Military-Families-Examiner